The public thinks about this dismissal. Leon harris has the details. This is getting a ton of attention. And will be for days to come. President trump spoke extensively about his decision to fire james comey in an exclusive interview with nbcs lester holt, and the president s reasons appear to contradict previous statements coming from the white house. Now on the topic of comey, were also seeing some new reaction from a brandnew nbc News Survey Monkey poll. More than half, 54 believe that comeys dismissal was not appropriate, and when it comes to why the president let comey go, nearly half think it has to do with the russia investigation. Only about a quarter think its related to the Clinton Emails as stated. In his sitdown, he also had choice words to describe comey. Hes a show boat, hes a grandstander. The fbi has been in turmoil, you know what, i know that, Everybody Knows that. You met attorney general rod rosenstein. Right. Did you ask for a recommendation . What i did is, i was g
it is just so great. all these scenarios are out of my mind now. they are safe, everyone is safe. dave: what are you looking forward to the first time you see xander? hug him, kissed him , it will be great we always talked on the phone. the lady called us back and we talked to him on the phone. he was so glad to hear us and our voices. he started laughing. it is just so great. dave: it is good, and incredible reunion once xander gets back to palm coast. he was living with his grandparents and his mother. there are challenges ahead, certainly the inmate accused of escape. he will go through the ramifications of that, and his girlfriend, it ranked cars daughter is going to have to deal with the accusation she helped him escape. but xander quigley is safe. mom of xander quigley s father, she lives in pennsylvania, and she is on her way to kentucky. she spoke to me on the phone and said she is over the moon happy and looks to be for united and midnight or a little after. ang
accident, three lanes of traffic being squeezed into one. you can see one and lives with its doors opened. this is not as serious as the rest yesterday which happened in almost the identical spots and blocked traffic completely for the better part of an hour and a half. this eastbound traffic on i-4, starting to back up way past the wesh 2 studios. that is about a three hour three mile backup. we will let you know when we get this to clear out. angela: late-breaking at 5:00, orlando police say they ve charged a man in connection with a deadly nightclub shooting. it happened last weekend. 10 people were shot, two were killed. police say it started when two rival groups started arguing. jim: this all happened at glitz nightclub just off universal boulevard. the police chief just wrapped up a news conference a press a news conference on the investigation. wesh 2 s bob kealing was there. and bob chief john mina says the bob: this also contributed to one glenn being allowed
john mina: obviously guns were let in to the club. chris: just hours earlier on friday, orlando police chief john mina announced the arrest of jose lopez, who faces felony charges of carrying a concealed weapon into the club and tampering with evidence after police say he threw the gun on the roof of a shed. john mina: it s unfortunate he was let out of jail. chris: police also confirm this altercation was between two groups of people. no one has been charged in the shooting deaths of jonathan rojas and joseph villalobos. chief mina has since scrutinized the club s lack of security measures that may have prevented the shooting. john mina: either those measures had lapses or the security staff was not properly trained. chris: our repeated attempts to get in touch with the club s owner have failed. your call has been forwarded to an automated voice message system. chris: an advertisement on the nightclub s website still promotes a valentine s day party but police say the
good saturday morning, everybody. thank you so much for joining us for sunrise. i m cara moore. it is coming up on 5:01, and it is already a nice mild day. dave: temperatures about where they should be and only warming into the upper 60 s today. right now in the orlando area, temperatures are coming in at about 55 degrees, and quiet weather is in the forecast for all of central florida. even with the cold front working its way down the peninsula, we will not see more than a few clouds. 57 in daytona and winter haven. 57 and leesburg. a few clouds here and there and that really is about it. headed for the 50 s and eventually into the upper 60 s for most of central florida. pretty mild overnight, and a 62 in ocala, 66 and claremont, 68 in kissimmee. 68 degrees in palm bay. a full weekend forecast coming up. cara: right now, we re asking daytona beach police how a country club parking lot became a crime scene. detectives were at the indigo shores country club parking lot we